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barack obama 2008. his speech was a way under the mark of his wife's speech. bill clinton setting the table for president obama the night before. he seemed to play the victim. americans want their presidents theye true leaders, that are the captain of the ship. he talked about growing the government. i thought that was remarkable. i would have thought that he would have more optimistic vision for creating jobs and solving this conundrum of everyday affordability. people are nervous about the rising cost of food and fuel. last night was the first time i realized i think chicago is in part running a challenger's campaign. give me four years so we can continue to do what we're doing. he is saying, this hasn't gone right and we need four more years to continue to do what we're doing because it hasn't been enough yet. the president gave himself a grade of incomplete. i thought it was a missed opportunity for somebody who is a skilled orator. you had some skilled speeches, including by his wife. host: our pho
barack obama 2008. his speech was a way under the mark of his wife's speech. bill clinton setting the table for president obama the night before. he seemed to play the victim. americans want their presidents theye true leaders, that are the captain of the ship. he talked about growing the government. i thought that was remarkable. i would have thought that he would have more optimistic vision for creating jobs and solving this conundrum of everyday affordability. people are nervous about the...
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it was not barack obama that put these horrible tax cuts in place, it was george bush. republicans are still pushing for this. to hear that mitt romney's wealth has dropped 50%, i guess he can still pay his mortgage. i guess he can still pay to put his kids through college. many middle-class americans cannot. that is unacceptable. i get tired of everybody talking about how obama put us on this path. obama did not put us on this path. george bush and his cronies put us on this path and barack obama has done nothing but try to backpedal from the cliff they took us to. the republicans because our credit rating to be downgraded. people have to wake up and see what is going on. this obstructionism, i kind of blame the people in wisconsin and other places. these republicans siding with this grover norquist. host: thank you very much. next up is at fayetteville, north carolina. caller: good morning. what is on my mind is, this is not political. this is just reality. we need to stop sending foreign aid overseas to the middle east. we need to stop funding afghanistan, pakistan,
it was not barack obama that put these horrible tax cuts in place, it was george bush. republicans are still pushing for this. to hear that mitt romney's wealth has dropped 50%, i guess he can still pay his mortgage. i guess he can still pay to put his kids through college. many middle-class americans cannot. that is unacceptable. i get tired of everybody talking about how obama put us on this path. obama did not put us on this path. george bush and his cronies put us on this path and barack...
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caller: i voted for barack obama mostly because of sarah palin. i campaigned for john mccain against george bush until he started changing some of the positions that he had maintained his whole life. i would have followed that man. host: all right. president obama talk about the 2008 campaign. [video clip] >> i am the first one to confess that the spirit of that are brought to washington that i wanted to see instituted, where we were not constantly in a political slugfest but focus more on problem solving, i have not fully accomplished that. have not even come close in some cases. if you ask what my biggest disappointment is, that we have not changed the tone in washington as much as i would have liked. host: that was president obama last night. governor romney sat down for his interview with the network and talk about taxes. [video clip] >> you made on your investment personally about $20 million last year and paid 14% in federal taxes. that the capital gains rate. is that fair to the guy who makes $50,000 and pays a higher rate than you did? >>
caller: i voted for barack obama mostly because of sarah palin. i campaigned for john mccain against george bush until he started changing some of the positions that he had maintained his whole life. i would have followed that man. host: all right. president obama talk about the 2008 campaign. [video clip] >> i am the first one to confess that the spirit of that are brought to washington that i wanted to see instituted, where we were not constantly in a political slugfest but focus more...
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i think the reason that the philosophy of barack bin laden and the person of barack obama -- barack obama and the person of barack obama has to do ultimately with our educational system. i think that what republicans believe about individual responsibility, self reliance, that this is the last best hope of earth, is not as broadly believed as it used to be. there was a survey done not long ago, asking what system was superior, socialism or capitalism, i think capitalism edged out socialism by about three points. why would americans believe that? because they're not taught otherwise. this is what we're supposed to learn in the schools. plato said the two most important questions are who gets to teach the children and what do they teach them. you are now seeing, you know, in adulthood, several generations of people raised in our schools to think that america is largely a suspect country, it's an exploiter, an imperialist place, it's really unbalanced, not a great place, and this is not true. we have our sins, we have our problems, we have our shortcomings, but in the long story of humanity
i think the reason that the philosophy of barack bin laden and the person of barack obama -- barack obama and the person of barack obama has to do ultimately with our educational system. i think that what republicans believe about individual responsibility, self reliance, that this is the last best hope of earth, is not as broadly believed as it used to be. there was a survey done not long ago, asking what system was superior, socialism or capitalism, i think capitalism edged out socialism by...
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thursday, vice president joe biden and president barack obama. and use our convention hub to make and share video input. >> in the end, that's what the election is all about. do we participate in a politicings of cynicism? or do we participate in a politics of hope? john kerry calls on us to hope. john edwards calls on us to hope. i'm not talking about blind optimism here, the willful ignorance, unemployment will go away if we don't think about it. health care crisis will solve itself if we just ignore it. that's not what i'm talking. i'm talking about something more substantial. >> count your own opinion. convention hub@c-span.org/campaign 2012. "washington journal continues". >> it's reported that the convention could bring in $150 million for charlotte and the surrounding area. live picture here. they start tuesday night. they'll go all three nights. ending with a speech of president barack obama at the stadium. two nights at the arena and move over to the stadium for that third night. joining us now from charlotte is rob christianson, long-ti
thursday, vice president joe biden and president barack obama. and use our convention hub to make and share video input. >> in the end, that's what the election is all about. do we participate in a politicings of cynicism? or do we participate in a politics of hope? john kerry calls on us to hope. john edwards calls on us to hope. i'm not talking about blind optimism here, the willful ignorance, unemployment will go away if we don't think about it. health care crisis will solve itself if...
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i am sticking with barack obama as president because of that. in 2008 he inherited this problem from our last ceo president. george w. bush. after all of this, he did not have a nervous breakdown. for the last four years, right now he is a man as far as i am concerned, anyone wanting to vote republican, they're looking for nuclear war with iran. if you want to send your kids oversees to die for reasons that you and i will not understand, i am sticking with my man, barack obama. host: "the wall street journal" has this graph about democracy and violence. host: they have some key words comparing this year with last year. freedom is one of them. 15 times mentioned in this speech, last year it was 17. democracy mentioned 13 times in this speech, 31 year ago. violence, 13 times yesterday, 31 year ago. dawn is on the line from new haven, connecticut. good morning. caller: i know that the topic is foreign, but i wanted to just say that barack obama has always said that his favorite president is abraham lincoln. i have a quote from abraham lincoln, can
i am sticking with barack obama as president because of that. in 2008 he inherited this problem from our last ceo president. george w. bush. after all of this, he did not have a nervous breakdown. for the last four years, right now he is a man as far as i am concerned, anyone wanting to vote republican, they're looking for nuclear war with iran. if you want to send your kids oversees to die for reasons that you and i will not understand, i am sticking with my man, barack obama. host: "the...
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they can convert never heard-of, barack obama into celebrities. modern day political conventions produce a steady stream of informercial, rather, during primetime all without paying for coverage. conventions have their pitfalls. these affairs have, on occasion, slipped off message, producing sometimes unanticipated adverse events. the violent clashes between police and protesters at the 1968 democratic convention nearly overshadowed the political rough housing on the convention floor. word of this week's incident, rather, in tampa in which two republican guests reportedly threw peanuts at a black cnn camerawoman saying, quote, this is how we feed animals is spreading like wild fire among african-americans and other minorities obliterating the diversity message the republicans delivered on stage. so this is how we're going to start. we want to talk to the first 45 minutes of the program. should political conventions be changed in 2016? our first call comes from texas on our line for republicans, chris? you're on the "washington journal." >> caller:
they can convert never heard-of, barack obama into celebrities. modern day political conventions produce a steady stream of informercial, rather, during primetime all without paying for coverage. conventions have their pitfalls. these affairs have, on occasion, slipped off message, producing sometimes unanticipated adverse events. the violent clashes between police and protesters at the 1968 democratic convention nearly overshadowed the political rough housing on the convention floor. word of...
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campaigning for barack obama to be president, and he won. so we understand everything he has been up against. we understand what he inherited and how much worse it got when he got elected. we understand republican obstructionism. we're sensitive to every bit of that. here is what we're saying said to raise the african-american issue and happen to be african- americans. . when i was talking about the issue of accountability for the president when he was running and risked becoming press on a non grata for talking about holding him accountable, black people said tavis, shut. up. what the president get elected. go somewhere and set your black behind down and shut up. that was the first moving of the goalpost. we've been talking about accountability for another president. he shows up and get elected. then he gets in in moves the goal post again. give him more time. we move it a second time. after 3.5 years we move it .gain three times we move the goal post three times. if he gets a second term, and all the hopes the black folks have writing on h
campaigning for barack obama to be president, and he won. so we understand everything he has been up against. we understand what he inherited and how much worse it got when he got elected. we understand republican obstructionism. we're sensitive to every bit of that. here is what we're saying said to raise the african-american issue and happen to be african- americans. . when i was talking about the issue of accountability for the president when he was running and risked becoming press on a non...
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barack obama is going to be the next president. one of the reasons i am spending more is because after watching the secret little taping the of mitt romney, that is why i am spending more. i know now he has no chance of being the president. host: if you want to comment about your consumer spending, you can give us a call on the numbers you see on the screen. you can send us a message on facebook. you can participate in a poll or send us a tweet as well. ohio is a battleground state. the new york times offering an analysis saying -- ohio was a stop for both candidates. this is the headline. consumer spending is the topic for the next 20 minutes or so. eugene says he is spending less. caller: i want to let you know, c-span is my television station. there are jobs out in the world if you want them. it may not be what you want, but it is a job. host: what are you spending less on? caller: groceries, shopping, helping my daughter going to school -- college. she will graduate december 14 in the nursing. host: go ahead. sorry to cut you o
barack obama is going to be the next president. one of the reasons i am spending more is because after watching the secret little taping the of mitt romney, that is why i am spending more. i know now he has no chance of being the president. host: if you want to comment about your consumer spending, you can give us a call on the numbers you see on the screen. you can send us a message on facebook. you can participate in a poll or send us a tweet as well. ohio is a battleground state. the new...
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obama but they're not covering barack obama's administration lying to the public about what happened at the embassy in benghazi. that is the scandal that is emerging. the coverage we really get of the president celebrates them and that basically treat mitt romney as if he were the incumbent president. host: who is this letter addressed to and what has the response been? guest: we sent this letter to the network news. it is an open letter but it is a message to the conservative side. we have not heard from the network news executives. we welcome that and we have heard from conservative grassroots on this letter and it reflects the view of the conservative grassroots in this election season that we had a truly non-partisan news media that did not have a candidate they favored in this race, they would have been doing this story from the beginning. why are our embassies so vulnerable? we have also had the story of the secret tape that mother jones put out about mitt romney at a fund-raiser. the network news executives said we will give that 88 minutes of news time on our morning newscast
obama but they're not covering barack obama's administration lying to the public about what happened at the embassy in benghazi. that is the scandal that is emerging. the coverage we really get of the president celebrates them and that basically treat mitt romney as if he were the incumbent president. host: who is this letter addressed to and what has the response been? guest: we sent this letter to the network news. it is an open letter but it is a message to the conservative side. we have not...
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host: is barack obama a liberal, was bill clinton a liberal president? guest: it's all comparative. compared to where the republican party is today, probably. i think barack obama, they try to paint him as a radical when he ran, they still do, when he ran for president the first time because he happened to have been in the same room as bill ayres. he's actually governed as a centrist, instead of having single pay or health care, he tried to work with republicans to have something which was much more moderate, among those who, for example -- and i go into this in the book -- among those against health care and health care reform, the affordable care act are not just those from the right who didn't want this kind of reform but many from of the left who wanted a much more progressive reform like single payor or at least the public option. so this president who has, you know, they've reinstalled or they kept going the patriot act, he's gone into libya and got qaddafi, he got bin laden, he's killed more al-qaeda leaders than the previous president did, he's been very good on national sec
host: is barack obama a liberal, was bill clinton a liberal president? guest: it's all comparative. compared to where the republican party is today, probably. i think barack obama, they try to paint him as a radical when he ran, they still do, when he ran for president the first time because he happened to have been in the same room as bill ayres. he's actually governed as a centrist, instead of having single pay or health care, he tried to work with republicans to have something which was much...
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caller: barack obama. host: the lead story in an "the new york times" -- talking foreign policy and foreign relations will be part of the topic on this week's's "newsmakers." joe lieberman talked about all kinds of things including cyber attacks on u.s. institutions and attacks of the u.s. consulate in libya as well as other things. the fact he is retiring from the senate this year and returning to private life. we will show you a little bit of the interview. part of the interview he talks about the attacks, whether or not there was a terrorist attack, and the fact he is puzzled by some of the reaction by the administration that does not identify the attack as a terrorist attack. >> i was puzzled by some people in the administration who was hesitant to call it a terrorist attack. whether it was planned, premeditated, or spontaneous, it had all the attributes of any accepted definition of terrorism. it was the use of violence to carry out a political mission. clearly, that is what happened. i do not think w
caller: barack obama. host: the lead story in an "the new york times" -- talking foreign policy and foreign relations will be part of the topic on this week's's "newsmakers." joe lieberman talked about all kinds of things including cyber attacks on u.s. institutions and attacks of the u.s. consulate in libya as well as other things. the fact he is retiring from the senate this year and returning to private life. we will show you a little bit of the interview. part of the...
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today there tax rates are due to bill clinton and barack obama. yes bin laden may be dead and gm may be alive, but the economy is in a coma. next year is a problem. under the current policies, we are heading into a second recession with unemployment rates above 9% toward the end of the year. this is due to all the taxes on obamacare coming across. host: thank you, nate. lots of coverage on the report yesterday on fast and furious. last call on the economy for this fund segment. this is from baltimore. jordan is an independent. caller: i wish americans would take the time to listen to international news and see what is going on around the world. we have japan, great britain is in a double-dip recession. we have countries in europe in a depression. if you listen to what is going on a round the world, you would appreciate what the president has done for this country. americans are buying -- we still have economic growth in america. it might be slow, but even china had a 0.9% gdp last quarter. america, we are pretty much bearing great in of this world
today there tax rates are due to bill clinton and barack obama. yes bin laden may be dead and gm may be alive, but the economy is in a coma. next year is a problem. under the current policies, we are heading into a second recession with unemployment rates above 9% toward the end of the year. this is due to all the taxes on obamacare coming across. host: thank you, nate. lots of coverage on the report yesterday on fast and furious. last call on the economy for this fund segment. this is from...
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i am a republican and i voted for barack obama last election because john mccain was going to have us in a war with iran. i don't want to be in a war with iran. war in want to be in a iraq or in a war in afghanistan. and neither do the rest of the american people. host: with all that in mind and the fact that rep paul will not be on the ballot in all 50 states, who would you vote for? caller: that is a real good question. i will probably write-in and i would encourage all you democrats to write-in hillary clinton which is a good idea but i will be writing in ron paul. host: regarding the article on some of the similarities between governor romney and president obama -- back to the phones, on the line for independences, we've got kamal winchester? caller: i am in winchester, ohio. host: go ahead. caller: good morning. i don't know who to trust, honestly. i think the obama policy is by gosh and by golly. it is about appeasement and it is just so sad to see what is going on now. the president finally addressed the problem in his campaign. host: we will move onto airline for republicans,
i am a republican and i voted for barack obama last election because john mccain was going to have us in a war with iran. i don't want to be in a war with iran. war in want to be in a iraq or in a war in afghanistan. and neither do the rest of the american people. host: with all that in mind and the fact that rep paul will not be on the ballot in all 50 states, who would you vote for? caller: that is a real good question. i will probably write-in and i would encourage all you democrats to...
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the american people need to wake up and see what is going on with barack obama. mr. obama has not done nothing good for this country, he is not a leader, and people need to realize. i was a democrat up until this year and as i saw hillary clinton and he went on television with $70 million of our tax dollars to show an ad over there, apologizing -- what do we have to apologize to them people for? they told us. we did not kill them. host: travel let gary's comment stand. "the new york times" has a big piece about president obama's diplomatic strategy. with in it, and lack of chemistry. -- a lack of chemistry. how important is it, and why would an arab diplomat said he does not pat you on the back? why is that important? guest: an interesting comment. fascinating one. could probably testify to cultural differences in terms of the way one goes about business in different parts of the world. and it is also sort of amusing when you reflect on george w. bush, of course, the was famous for giving everyone nicknames but had also some misadventures in the middle east as well.
the american people need to wake up and see what is going on with barack obama. mr. obama has not done nothing good for this country, he is not a leader, and people need to realize. i was a democrat up until this year and as i saw hillary clinton and he went on television with $70 million of our tax dollars to show an ad over there, apologizing -- what do we have to apologize to them people for? they told us. we did not kill them. host: travel let gary's comment stand. "the new york...
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a gathering of 12th either undecided or leaning towards mitt romney or barack obama voters, which took place in fairfax, virginia, one of the key battleground states. that's available on our website. the christian science monitor focusing on the independent or undecided voters -- about the new york post looking at some of the latest polls from the fox news channel and from the nbc news/washington journal. both surveys looking at florida, ohio, and virginia. the front page of the new york times -- from the new york times, a look at how much money mitt romney has on and -- -- on hand -- more details inside the new york times. back to your calls on this congress, called the least productive in a generation by the new york times. john is on the phone from pennsylvania. caller: success should not be measured by how much legislation passes. if you are conservative and republican, you believe in a smaller federal government, meaning less legislation, that would mean it would be more successful. whatever legislation passes is pretty much useless unless the executive decides to enforce the law.
a gathering of 12th either undecided or leaning towards mitt romney or barack obama voters, which took place in fairfax, virginia, one of the key battleground states. that's available on our website. the christian science monitor focusing on the independent or undecided voters -- about the new york post looking at some of the latest polls from the fox news channel and from the nbc news/washington journal. both surveys looking at florida, ohio, and virginia. the front page of the new york times...
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. >> that there is a governor named ron blagojevich, and your name is barack obama -- >> it is the viral beating heart of the internet. >> more with reporter andrew kaczynski. host: we share with your recent piece that delves into the issues. this week we have bloomberg insider as our focus. our guest is a reporter for bloomberg news, an energy reporter. thanks so much for being here. it is not easy being green, paul fracking might save a president who promised a green -- how fracking might save a president who promised the green revolution. what is the hot spot for natural gas production in the country right now? guest: natural gas production has increased 25% in the last four years. primarily in pennsylvania and in ohio. the shale, which is just getting developed. there is oil shale in north dakota, a lot of activity there. host: consumption. how significant is the rate of consumption in the u.s.? guest: consumption has increased in april for the first time, as much electricity produced from natural gas as it was from coal for the first time in the history of the country, 42%. increasi
. >> that there is a governor named ron blagojevich, and your name is barack obama -- >> it is the viral beating heart of the internet. >> more with reporter andrew kaczynski. host: we share with your recent piece that delves into the issues. this week we have bloomberg insider as our focus. our guest is a reporter for bloomberg news, an energy reporter. thanks so much for being here. it is not easy being green, paul fracking might save a president who promised a green -- how...